Former Formulation 1 driver Felipe Massa’s ongoing authorized declare in opposition to former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, Formulation One Administration and the FIA faces a delay in figuring out whether or not it might probably proceed. After a three-day listening to, Mr Justice Jay confirmed, “Judgment can be reserved to be handed down at a future date.”
The ex-Ferrari driver is searching for £64million in damages for lack of earnings and sponsorship as he argues that he’s the rightful winner of the 2008 F1 championship, which he misplaced to Lewis Hamilton by only one level. The Brazilian driver claims that the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, which was the centre of the notorious Crashgate, straight influenced the result of the championship.
Massa claims a breach of contract or obligation. His legal professionals argue that Ecclestone was conscious that Nelson Piquet Jr’s crash through the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix was deliberate and that he and the FIA failed to analyze it. Ecclestone, the FIA and FOM deny the claims.
Ecclestone’s lawyer David Quest KC stated Massa’s arguments “are a misguided try and reopen the outcomes of the 2008 F1 Drivers’ Championship,” in a written assertion.
Felipe Massa on the grid
Photograph by: Andrew Ferraro / Motorsport Photos
“It is fairly clear that we’re going to end simply when we’ve a consequence that we consider is appropriate for the justice of the game,” Massa defined to Motorsport.com’s Brazilian-language sister web site in 2023.
“That is why we determined to get collectively a really huge and essential authorized workforce. I am doing that for the game, I am doing that to indicate that manipulation will not be a part of our sport.
“I am not doing that for cash, I am doing that for the justice of the game. So, no matter individuals making an attempt to write down concerning the cash is totally improper.
“Compensation undoubtedly exists. For instance, now I am spending some huge cash on that case however undoubtedly I am not doing that [for the money].”
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